Catch the Moon
Class Lessons
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The Gift of the Magi
100

Luis Cintron

What is The juvenile and main character in "Catch the Moon?"

100

The three essential pieces of an argument

What is 

Claim

Evidence

Reasoning

100

The power or right to give orders

What is authority?

100

Define Prudence

What is good judgement that helps a person avoid problems?

100

The husband and wife

What is Jim and Della?

200

Years since Luis' mother passed away

What is 3 years ago?

200

A central idea, underlying message or recurring subject in a work of literature

What is a theme?

200

Referring  to youthfulness or immaturity

What is a Juvenile?

200

Define Depreciate

What is to make something less valuable?

200

The day the story took place

What is Christmas Eve?

300

Luis' feelings about his father at the beginning of the story

What is tired of him/bothered/annoyed?

300

The 5 roles within a formal class debate

What is

Opening Statement, Evidence, Cross Examination, Rebuttal and Closing Statement?

300
To cut the head off of a person or animal

What is decapitate?

300

Being more in number or amount than other items.

What is predominating?

300

What Jim sold

What is a pocket watch?

400

The name of the group Luis started at school

What is The Timburones?

400

When the outcome of an event is the opposite of is expected.

What is situational irony?

400

Something done poorly or carelessly 

What is botched?

400

With difficulty and hard work

What is Laboriously?

400

How much money Della had before selling her hair

What is $1.87?

500

The part Naomi is looking for (be specific)

What is a 1972 Volkswagen hubcap?

500

A word that describes a verb

What is an adverb?

500

The definition of vintage

What is Being of high quality, especially something from the past?

500

A Magi and what they brought (must be specific)

What is a group of wise men who visited Jesus after his birth and brought him gifts of  gold, frankincense, and myrrh?

500

The fact that the readers knew of the irony within the story before the characters did

What is dramatic irony?